Rymenhild's Sleepless Caffeinated Rambling Thoughts

[rymenhild]

Do not expect logic behind the LJ-cuts. You are warned.


So far over the last few days, I have added the following words to my Word spellchecker:

topos (one suggested correction was “typos”) ; topoi
favourite
colour
surtextual
alterity
knowledges
prefiguration

I’m a good Jewish scholar, and I try to avoid the phrase “Old Testament” because it makes the assumption that there’s a new one. If I’m writing about a Christian writer’s typological interpretation of a passage from Genesis, though, calling Genesis part of the “Hebrew Bible” just seems silly. Typology is a type of Christian theological interpretation in which an Old Testament passage foreshadows a New Testament passage, and by definition, any typological reading must accept the New Testament as a text that follows and completes the Old Testament.

Also, I have very elegant gray circles under my eyes.

Meanwhile, things that make me happy include vanilla hazelnut tea, the heavenly ultra-caffeinated PG Tips, the Benny Goodman Orchestra song (you all know it -- the one from Lupin’s boggart class in the PoA movie) that made me want to write as I listened to it, Trader Joe’s cappuccino truffles, gefilte fish (canned Manischewitz, but whatever) and horseradish in the fridge for quick doses of protein, roommates who cook, and my friend who read and edited my paper today and will read and edit it again tomorrow between 4 and 8 AM.

Comments

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

I think Hebrew Bible is ok in that circumstance, if you're talking about them using the Bible in/translated from Hebrew. If they're using any translation depending on the Septuagint, I'd use that. Or you could use Tanakh across the board.

But perhaps an easier thing to do is simply to use the name of the particular book - talk about interpretations of Genesis, Judges, etc rather than of the OT/HB/TNK.

[navelofwine.livejournal.com]

Dude, your post is giving me heartburn! Ahem... Why were you using British spelling? Were these words in quotations? Otherwise, you can switch your spell checker to British Enlgish.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

I think using Hebrew Bible is permissible as long as you explain the premise behind this person's analysis, and how it works. As long as you don't leave your readers in the dark, it should all be alright, and you can stick to your principles, I'd think. But then, I'm just a lowly undergraduate, so don't trust my ideas too much.

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

my friend who read and edited my paper today and will read and edit it again tomorrow between 4 and 8 AM.

Wow. Someone is getting a lot of brownie points.

Yay for caffeine and good music and, no, I don't have anything interesting or intelligent to say, but I seem to be typing anyway. I suspect the pale grey circles under my eyes are vaguely reminiscent of yours.